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Cosas demands private schools close their doors amid COVID-19 second wave
Some independent schools welcomed back pupils despite government opting to delay the start of the 2021 school year by two weeks amid the second wave of COVID-19...
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Cosas welcomes High Court ruling on rewrite of 2 matric exams
Judge Norman Davis on Friday declared the Basic Education Department’s decision unlawful and irregular.
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MKMVA members march to Luthuli House, claiming ANC is rubbishing Constitution
The association planned to hand over a memorandum to both the ANC and to Gauteng Premier David Makhura’s office.
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Naisa: Disrupting teaching at private schools in SA infringes on rights
The Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and Educators Union of South Africa (Eusa) want teaching to be halted at private schools after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced last week that public schools would go on a four-week break.
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Cosas: Public school closures will give independent schools academic advantage
Cosas threatened to shutdown private institutions on Monday following government’s announcement last week that all public schools would be closed for four weeks.
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Cosas threatens to shut down all private schools in SA
The organisation, which has been vocal about the closure of schools since the academic year resumed last month, said pupils are being forced to choose between their lives or an education.
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‘We’re going to knock on department, Motshekga’s doors’
Cosas is one of the groups calling for schools to stay closed as the country heads towards the COVID-19 peak.
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Cosas threatens to shut schools that don't have COVID-19 measures in place
Cosas spokesperson Zithulele Ndlela said that they were concerned about the rising number of COVID-19 cases among pupils and teachers.
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Education groups, unions criticise DBE’s plan to reopen schools
Earlier on Wednesday, director general Mathanzima Mweli presented the sector’s COVID-19 plan in Parliament, which coud see matrics and grades 7s being the first group of pupils to return to their classrooms.
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Cosas steps in amid probe into afro hair comments at CT school
Black and coloured pupils from Malibu High School claim they were forced to plait their hair and weren't allowed to have afros on Friday.
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Youngest MP (20) prepares for new start in Cape Town
Botshabelo Ntsube matriculated in 2018 and is studying towards a degree in education in Bloemfontein.
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Cosas march to Luthuli House expected to disrupt traffic
Cosas president John Macheke said that the pupils will be marching to the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters to call on the party to respond to a memorandum of demands that was handed to it in October last year.
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Cosas calls for removal of Sans Souci teacher
The learner and the educator were suspended from the school last week after the video of their argument in a classroom surfaced on social media.
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Cosas protests outside San Souci in support of slapped learner
The learner and the teacher were suspended after a video showed the learner pushing her desk against the teacher, who then smacked her across the face during class.
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Cosas march won't affect schooling, says dept
The student body says that it will march to the Union Buildings to hand over a memorandum, calling for the release of Fees Must Fall activists and safety in schools.
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Zuma’s stern warning to those badmouthing him
Jacob Zuma says he’s been keeping quiet for too long because he was president.
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Hoërskool Overvaal: Parents urged to send pupils to school
Demonstrators have been calling for an end to the school's Afrikaans-only language policy.
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Protests expected to resume at Hoërskool Overvaal
Protesters are demanding that 55 non-Afrikaans speaking pupils be admitted to the school despite the high court’s ruling against this.
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Hoërskool Overvaal: Cosas demands immediate release of arrested protesters
At least 27 people were arrested when demonstrations turned violent outside the school on Thursday after a petrol bomb was thrown at a police van.
